Guitar Lesson: Tosin Abasi - 'Swybrid' picking
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- Bust out of a playing rut with Tosin’s lesson on his unusual “swybrid” picking technique
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"So basically you just..." *tickles guitar and magic comes out* "...so that's, that's kinda cool."
i laughed so loud XD
Best comment. congrations
Rohann van Rensburg ty, my existence has been validated, peace and guitar magic be upon you all
Your blessing is received with gratitude.
That's what I got from the video lol
Tosin has been an inspiration, simply because he proves that there is no "ONLY WAY" to play guitar.
He has a ridiculous level of music theory...
I personally think Guthrie Govan is ahead of him just my opinion.
VapingwithJan AndGoonther420 After watching your videos, I'm amazed at how much one person can demonstrate the dunning kruger effect.
He stole
It from
Marshall Harrison he isn’t original
In some
Respects
Hey man Sweep Picking is just not hard enough , I'm just gonna go ahead and add shit to it to make it 10 times more difficult.
Damagon exactly. What else do you do when you get on that level?
Oh my that tone is the buttterrrrr suaaaaaace
+Kinnzie Martin wat is thiz butter suace?
Sauce*
"How to turn your guitar into a wind chime."
that's what I was thinking!
Solo Sabbath lol
I came here for This comment
I snorted!
HAHAHAHA
Very innovative player!
Stolen from Marshall Harrison
That's really cool. Marshall Harrison uses a different approach, with the same sweeping physics of using your fingers-which is kind of the inevitable path, just developed by two different people. Abasi maybe saw Marshall doing it, or he just did it on his own too, like i said, not surprising that someone of Abasi's musical intelligence wouldn't think to combine both. Both people are innovative & amazing players!
Same as Marshall it’s where he got it
this guy is genious for real ... i hope he sticks to his innovative ways and never compromise
Stolen from Marshall Harrison
its not even fair.
+Phillip Betts srly dude wtf is this guy :D
It really isn't 😢
***** uhm... alrighty then.
Damn. lolol
Always that one guy isn't it.
I like that he doesn't neglect his body. Most shredders have noodle arms, you can tell he puts the guitar down sometimes and hits the gym.
That's all from sweep picking bruh.
BeardedGearNut general black people have bigger bodies than most people
nah dude slaps that guitar so much thats why his arms are huge
Jaycob Merritt that's racist Bro lol
Tosin does lift, though
What an innovative player... fantastic
Marshall Harrison definitely did this technique first, but Tosin is the first one I've seen to give it musical value as well as practical value.
Dank FMA pic
Doofy MetalusMaximus
Thanks!
Actually Marshall Harrison calls it "swybrid pciking" too!
***** Yes and he was the one who coined the term as well as being much much better at it
+Merritt Mussorgsky No need to hate on Tosin..he's a talented guy and seems to be very humble... pretty sure he would give credit if he knew someone has already coined the term.
+EricJh21690 haters gonna hate
+henry diaz Dude have you seen Marshall Harrison play? He's like Holdsworth-level skilled when it comes to leads.
+EricJh21690 He isn't 'hating', don't get defensive over nothing.
right before he said, "like a harp-like effect", that's exactly what I was thinking. This blew me away; never seen this technique before.
Is there a better technical guitar player in the world? So lucky to see this guy live.
Thousands
Shit sounds like wind chimes.
Seen Marshall Harrison do this same technique
+Conshe Tumare i never said he did !, learn to read !
guau, that tone is just amazing
Ugh. That sounds so beautiful
This man is inventing a new instrument right before our eyes, and it should be named after its creator: Abasi.
"Hey wassup, I'm learning how to play electric Abasi"
"Cool, I'm already an Abasist. Keep studying!"
He is doing it incorrectly,
The sounds he makes, makes me feel good
im so abonnemented on this channel, that from a conservatorium classical piano student.getting my 8string Ibanez in 14 days, aka 2 weeks, i'm so excited.QE
yo, thank you. Literally changed my guitar playing and riff writing.
Wow he is insane
One of the best of this generation
If you want to hear more harp like technique with fretted harmonics checkout Doyle Dykes .Lenny Breau was the first that I've seen pull off the harmonic harp or chiming effect.Cool stuff,so much to learn.
Whoa. 0:45 The influence of african patterns is just So.Much.There.
Talk about cross-fertilization of musical languages and the importance of being exposed to different musical contexts, voices, musicians.
Totally dig Tosin Abasi's musical technique qhich IMHO is miles more sophisticated than other "pure" (as in non-influenced-by-other-cultures) shredders.
Currently my top fave along with Govan Guthrie and walking tall in the footsteps of prog luminaries such as Howe and Holdsworth....!
awesome!
this short video was more informative than any other clinic videos ive seen with him lol.
This is the best thing I ever heard
i don't know but this should have more than a million likes...
is there a word he doesn't speak about playing guitar that isn't advanced music theory?
+bbgamerDCCCLXXXIV Get on his level bro. He's in a different universe than most people, seriously. Go look at some of the Jazz stuff out there. TH-cam Mary Halvorson for one. Crazy awesome guitar player musically.
1.23 - Optimist! What a tune.
Im pretty sure Marshall Harrison came up with this technique, or the term Swybrid. I could be wrong but hes the first person i had heard use that term.
I'm pretty it was around the since the '50s. There wasn't a term for it at the time but the technique was.
Harrison has a much more aggressive approach. But he's been doing this since Tosin was about 5 yrs old so he's had some time at it.
That guitar sounds so amazing
Some of the technique he's using in different videos reminds me of Josh Martin's stuff a bit. Another great modern pioneer of the 7 and 8 string.. good stuff here!
idk why but i find the bridge on that guitar really intimidating
It's not really, it just takes a month or two to tune.
Same man XD
Marshall Harrison kinda pioneered this technique, but this approach is a bit different
Marshall harrison calls sonething Swybrid picking too
@marshal Harrison
Marshall Harrison has been swybrid picking for years
I'm pretty sure Marshall Harrison coined swybrid picking, but also Allan Holdsworth has been doing this technique for a while
Tosin is the only guitarist who makes me go "What the fuck? HOW?!?" in every single video.
Marshall Harrison.
Every video made by this man is about shit I'm not capable of doing with my guitar
The best alive
Damon Stewart no way, he can play difficult shit but he will never be able to make his guitar sound as good as John Frusciante.
felix knott you must've lost yo mind
Damon Stewart and you must have lost your heart.
that's what you came here to say? well done good for you. he doesn't need to make his guitar sound like John, as he makes it sound like Tosin. Get it?
+XplosivX wtf r u talking bout
so cool
That thumb is a thing of nightmares.
highest level skill
MARSHALL HARRISON HAS A VIDEO FROM 2008 ABOUT SWYBRYD PICKING
Sounds great
I met this dude he is coolest dude ever
MARSHALL HAS BEEN USING AND SPELLING IT SWYBRYD FROM AROUND 2004.
:) Yes!
This guy doesn't even need some crazy reverb pedal with that skill
Tosin is such a beast..Im not gonna lie I like his new model guitar.. the funny looking one more than his Ibby
great
Sweep picking involves the fretting fingers to lift of the fretboard not ring out, it's a cool technique but this is strumming with an extra finger.
+burado1974 The sin qua non of sweep picking is in the picking hand.
Strumming....
fucking hell... I love this guy!
the secret to great guitar playing is to have biceps like Tosin.
wait that's so obvious but so genius at the same time
I'm still stuck at the stage of bending my thumb 90 degrees.
XD That's what I always think when I see him play: Is this actually doable if you have a normal shaped thumb?
He is at the helm of progressive guitar playing ....genius
Marshall Harrison!
what a cute move. he wants the swybrid picking term to stick haha. legend
Is it the harp he is playing or what?
I didn't know Spongebob's house could shred like that lol But seriously this guy is amazing
He's such a fucking nerd. I love it.
oh that's what this is called I've been doing this sometimes and i thought it was just me failing at guitar or something. At least i know i'm doing an actual technique now
Only a minor 3rd between the 6th and 7th strings?
That 8 string looks sick as fuck
Great! now I have to start picking the damn electric like an acoustic too lol
Didn't Marshall Harrison popularise this technique? Should've name-checked him tbh.
cool! :)
He may be great technically. But I never liked any of his music. But that's a matter of taste. He's obviously a great guitar player
sounds like wind chimes
I was totally just about to type this verbatim.
Why is he not moving his left hand though?
where's the chalk board with all the equations?
That is actually genius.
The way he and marshall harrison uses swybrid is different.
MAAAAAAAASTERRRRRR
Wind chime picking
That second chord sounds like a fucking hunk of wind chimes
which song i can found this technique?
Is that an 8-string Floyd Rose bridge? 0_0
fuck he's so cool its not fair🤘💯😠
when u master two techniques and bored so u combine them. It's been 3 years and still i cant figure out how to sweep.
he is literally sweep plucking. ... sweet.
How does his guitar not spontaneously combust?
In short its a mini sweep pick with a pluck.
I've still yet to understand the appeal of Tosin whatsoever. His style just sounds so graceless, not to mention contrived. Also, just in case enough people haven't said so already, I think swybrid was Marshall Harrison's innovation; he puts the idea to much better use, at least to my ears.
+YummyBananaFish well since you put it in a subjective way, it is impossible to counter-argue with what you said. some musicians don't appeal to some people, quite natural I would say
+YummyBananaFish clean your mind
This 2 people who give thumbdown don't deserve to have ears
I don't really see sweep picking...looks like he's just strumming like normal.
ARPEYGGIOS
That's still just hybrid picking, Cool effect though.
Mmm that kind of sweep picking stealed to Paco de Lucia. So close Tosin
That thumb
I mean... how many fingers does he have, exactly?
None. The fingers are an illusion.
An illusion made up by his speed
There is no "page" sound in pronouncing arpeggio.
I think about Björk on this.